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On Feb 23, 4:19 pm, Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
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On Feb 23, 3:44 pm, Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
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It's true that aviation costs have increased, but the price of
everything has increased as the value of money changes over time
(always less value per unit)

Aviation has never been "cheap."

$5.00 2008 dollars equals 81 cents in 1967 dollars. (
http://www.westegg.com/inflation/)

So $25/ hour rental for an airplane in 1975 should be $104 in
today's dollars.

Which is about right.

When my father flew in the late 60s and early 70s, he paid $25/
hour (wet) for a Cherokee 140 as a member of a club ($25/month
dues).

Then he was paying over twice what he would have at an FBO.

In 1069 a Cessna 150 was 8-10 an hour and a cherokee was 12-15

Bertie

True.

But, this was in Jersey (Caldwell) where everything is always far
more expensive for the dubious privilege of experiencing it in New
Jersey.

Everybody hates New Jersey -- but somebody has to live there.

This was also in New Jersey... A cherokee wouldn't have hit 25 an
hour until the late seventies at least.

Bertie

Hmm..

Probably the case -- I don't think I paid attention to anything more
than $10 until '73 or so...

I'll amend and say when he told me how much it cost I remember $25/
hour.

that was 74ish..?


Nah, much later for a Cherokee 140,. and that was at an FBO. remember,
gas was only a bit over 60 cents a gallon in 74. Even in 78 I remember
flying a Citabria for under 20 an hour and that has the same engine. I
was paying $14 an hour for a 172, club rates, in 1976. That was wet
BTW. I think Monthly dues were about the same. If you were in the NYC
area it was probably a few bucks more, but only a few.

Bertie